novelraw Chapter 406 - 218 Sea Beast Fish Ship_3
Chapter 406 - 218 Sea Beast Fish Ship_3
Thus, they used a fish in place of a ship.
At the same time, they also saw that the people on it were being just as cautious of them.
"Are they using a gigantic, fish-like Sea Beast as a vehicle to navigate?" Pororo said, watching the scene and thinking for a moment.
Alka nodded, his head returning to normal.
"Perhaps you’re right."
"That’s so interesting! How did they manage that?" Lucilia said, her eyes gleaming.
Riding a fish, galloping across the ocean... Lucilia mused. The more she thought about it, the more interesting it seemed.
Moreover, judging by the artificial structures built on it, there were individual rooms connected by simple suspension bridges.
They even saw weapons on it.
Chadite slid down from above and, upon arriving, asked everyone, "Did you see? Those people are on the back of the fish, and they’ve even built things like houses on it!"
Everyone nodded, indicating they had seen it clearly.
"So, can this be considered a feature of the Southern Storm Sea?" Alka couldn’t help but ask.
After all, the Southern Storm Sea belonged to the Sea God’s territory. Yesterday, when they passed through the storm, they had confirmed the gate was open.
With such a vessel appearing at this time, it was very likely that the people on it had come from the Storm Sea.
Upon hearing Alka’s words, Simon, who was beside him, remarked, "But they didn’t approach us. If they just came out and saw an unfamiliar ship, wouldn’t they at least come over to greet us or find out what’s going on?"
Hearing this, Alka reflected. If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t have just sailed past like that without stopping at all.
"That’s a good point."
"Forget it. There’s no point overthinking this. We’ll be leaving here soon, and we’ll find out eventually."
Everyone nodded, agreeing with that sentiment.
At least those people hadn’t expressed any hostility.
And their method of travel truly intrigued them.
They were still talking animatedly about the fish that had just passed them.
***
Meanwhile, aboard the colossal sea fish that had just departed, in a room located near its head, a scantily clad woman with tattoos spoke, "Did any of you see whose ship that was we just passed?"
One of the men standing next to her shook his head. "No idea. I’ve never seen a symbol like that. I don’t know whose it is."
Clearly, they were talking about Alka and the others.
Another voice, that of a fish-man, chimed in, "It didn’t come out with us. When we were waiting at the gate, I’m sure I didn’t see that ship, nor did I see that flag. And I’ve never received any intelligence about a vessel like that from that time."
At this, the human male sitting behind the desk spoke up.
"Are you sure? Are you sure there was no such ship?"
"Of course. I’m very sure I didn’t misremember or missee anything," the fish-man said, nodding confidently.
He was in charge of intelligence here; he definitely wouldn’t make a mistake about something like this.
"Is that so..." the man behind the desk repeated. The room fell silent as he pondered.
He was clearly the leader here.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and another person walked in.
"What’s going on? Why so quiet?"
The leader asked, "Did you see the ship we just passed?"
The newcomer shook his head. "No, I was just checking on Big Blue Fish’s health, but I heard some of the crew discussing it outside."
"So, a ship just passed us?"
"Yes," a crew member beside him confirmed with a nod.
"Interesting," the newcomer said, leaning against the wall with an amused expression.
"We’re cruising the open sea on Big Blue Fish. How could any ship be faster than us? Judging by your expressions, none of you have seen that ship before, right?"
The fish-man who had spoken earlier nodded. "That’s right. I’ve never seen that ship before."
Hearing this, the newcomer nodded.
"A completely unfamiliar ship, and it outpaced us. That means it didn’t come from our waters with us, right?"
Everyone nodded; that was generally their line of thinking.
"Then there’s nothing much to guess. Either they’re locals from out here, or they’re from other sea regions," the newcomer said with a shrug.
Of course, he leaned more towards the idea that they were from other sea regions.
Everyone present knew that the only intelligent Race living in the outer waters were the Gatekeeper Naga.
"Are there really other sea regions?" one of the others asked, their expression grave.
Although rumors of the outside world were pervasive in their sea territory, the existence of the Endless Sea was no secret, but specific information about it was.
Because it was a road of no return.
This had led to many rumors. When they truly investigated, most turned out to be false, with genuine information being scarce.
The existence of other sea regions and other Divine beings was also part of these rumors.
The Church clearly understood the most about external situations.
But these individuals were not affiliated with the Church.
"Don’t you believe me?" the newcomer asked, turning his head. He chuckled lightly before continuing, "Haven’t I told you before? I know more about the outside world than any of you."
The people in this room were all core members of this team.
They all knew this man’s story: as a child, he had found an old navigator’s logbook from the outside world on an abandoned ship.
He had learned a great deal about the outside world from that logbook. Indeed, as they prepared for their journey to the outside, many entries from it had been corroborated.
He continued, "I once read in that logbook that the world map is a semicircle, like a crescent moon. The gateway to the Endless Sea is just ahead; we’ll reach it in a few days. That means we must be living at the very bottom edge."
"The logbook mentioned that its author spent more than three months traveling to reach the Endless Sea."
At that moment, a tapping sound on the table made everyone turn to look.
The leader behind the desk spoke, "Alright, there’s no need to dwell on it. In a few days, we’ll reach the gate to the Endless Sea. Once we pass through it, we’ll naturally find out everything."
As he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
"Now, let’s discuss other matters."
This had merely been a minor digression. The leader had only asked those questions out of curiosity about the other ship’s identity.
Since they had determined it was likely people from other sea regions, there was no need for further concern.
The colossal blue sea fish swam through the water, its upper body gliding above the surface.
The exposed half of its body was outfitted with a gigantic apparatus resembling a horse’s saddle.
Around and upon this saddle-like structure were numerous rooms, interconnected by simple walkways built above them.
The team members moved back and forth along these simple walkways and suspension bridges, living on the fish’s back.
This, in essence, was their entire ’ship’.